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emerazz:
go and ask d south Sudanese how far, then come back lets talk...

Expand your mind. Over 30 countries have either seceded, emerged through referendum or broken into pieces.

All of them is not like South Sudan.

You just need to travel out a little and see countries who took their destinies in their hands and they are mostly landlocked

Let me help you.


March 21, 1990: Namibia became independent of South Africa. Previously, Namibia was known as South West Africa when it was a German territory.

January 1, 1993: The Czech Republic and Slovakia became independent nations when Czechoslovakia dissolved.

May 25, 1993: Eritrea was a part of Ethiopia but seceded and gained independence.

October 1, 1994: Palau was part of the Trust Territory of Pacific Islands (administered by the United States) and gained independence as a former colony.

May 20, 2002: East Timor (Timor-Leste) declared independence from Portugal in 1975 but did not become independent from Indonesia until 2002.

June 3, 2006: Montenegro was part of Serbia and Montenegro (also known as Yugoslavia) but gained independence after a referendum. Two days later, Serbia became its own entity after Montenegro split.

February 17, 2008: Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia. The representatives of the Kosovo people unanimously agreed the country would be independent of​ Serbia despite eleven of the Serbia minority boycotting this.

July 9, 2011: South Sudan peacefully seceded from Sudan following a January 2011 referendum. Sudan itself was the first to recognize South Sudan and did so one day early.

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Nneka Aroh writes

I was speaking with a very young pharmacist from the South East yesterday. I advanced the restructuring/true Fiscal Federalism as what I believe is the way out of Nigeria's muddle. He would not buy it.
"Forget it ma'am. It's better we just go. Give us ten-fifteen years and see how Biafra would be transformed." He spoke with conviction. His eyes shone with what I thought was longing. "Just forget it. There is no need dragging this thing with them," he concluded.
A good number of Igbos, and I dare add, other young Nigerians, are totally not understanding Nigeria as it is right now. It is not enough to make dismissive remarks like "They were not even born when the war happened." Or remarks like "They don't understand what they're asking for."
Make them understand. That is, if you understand what you're asking them to understand. If it makes sense to you. It even gets more annoying when you hear the older ones, the actors and spectators of the unfortunate war, urge the younger ones to learn from history.
According to Osibanjo, "experience is the best answer for a fool. History is a much gentler teacher.'
I agree.
But comments like that could even draw the ire of the young ones who have today been denied history classes in school. Who keeps a people ignorant of their history? But even more annoying is the fact that those who urge this learning have themselves not only failed to learn from experience, but have bluntly refused to learn from history, the much gentler teacher.
And what is there to learn? What is there to understand?
That a boy from Anambra State aspiring to get some education at the prestigious Unity schools has to score about 139 marks in the entrance examination while his counterpart, perhaps even his classmate or neighbour from Zamfara State would only have to score 4 marks. And that it takes an even weirder turn when they're done with school, at which point the Zamfara boy would have over 80% more chance at a federal job than the 80% more studious boy from Anambra. How do you explain that to a young Nigerian so that he may understand?
How can they understand that a State like Kano, created at about the same time as one like Lagos, has about 44 local govt areas while Lagos State has a paltry 20 constitutionally recognized local govt areas. Bear in mind that Kano state has long been sub divided into two states of Kano and Jigawa. Jigawa alone has 27 LGAs of its own. You can say that the old Kano State has 71 LGAs while Lagos still lags behind with 20. And that the entire South East of five states has only about 94 local govt areas? Did it strike you that the South East is the only region still dawdling with five states? It would not have mattered of course if the National cake wasn't shared on the basis of local governments. Only if it was baked on that same basis. How would any young person without a brain for understanding twisted things get this?
How can they understand that in the present Govt, the entire South East has no representation in the security body of the country. So when the security chiefs sit to discuss security, the primary role of any govt, there is nobody from the entire SE region in attendance. How can anyone understand this.
How can even a gentle teacher make anyone understand that a South South youth would die for daring to steal crude oil from what used to be his fertile and arable farmland, while his Northern counterpart can freely mine minerals from his backyard. We only get to hear anything about it when lead poisoning begins to ravage communities.
How do you understand that we have Petroleum Equalization Fund which ensures that petroleum products get to the people in the North at the same price at which it gets to those in the South but we do not have Tomato Equalization fund or Carrot Equalization Fund to trim the cost for people in the South? Break it down for me so that I may understand since I didn't witness the war.
How do you break down the brazen massacres of Igbos, Christians and other innocent Nigerians any time the North wakes up from the wrong side of the bed? Or when an artist draws a denigrating sketch of Mohammed in countries some of the victims have never heard of? Or when a group of girls decide to bare their bodies in beauty pageants? Or when a man cannot win elections? Or when a farmer must till his farmland? Or just about when anything... Just unbelievable impunity. And no one ever gets justice.
But we can start by explaining how Katsina State alone just got allotted more slots that the entire SS, than the entire SW, than the entire SE, than the entire N.Central in the ongoing (or is it completed?) recruitment by the DSS.
And a host of flustering matters.
So what is it you want History to help you teach? That the oppressed should stay calm and "ask nicely" like Obasanjo put it? They should ask nicely for their share of a piece of cake jointly baked by all? They should treat Nigeria with love like Obasanjo again suggested. It shouldn't matter that they get only rebuffs in return. I don't blame Obasanjo. It's probably the way he knows love and reconciliation...one sided. Any wonder his daughter would literally disown him publicly?
I listened to all the speeches made at the Biafra@50 event. They were all rich in flowing grammar, beaming with rhetorics but glaringly bare on commitment. Nobody but Nwodo dared point a way out. Osibanjo's speech had no mention of restructuring, something I can bet my last finger that he believes in. It would seem like we don't want to find a way out of our predicament yet.
Make no mistake, the clamour for Biafra is getting more tumultuous by the day that I fear that the voices of some of us preaching 'restructure' may soon be drowned.
And this house may come crashing on us all.

We can't totally eradicate desperados and political bootlickers who are interested in the pocket

The failure is not just colossal but monumental.

Most people who shouted and voted APC have long given up.

It appears a lot of Yorubas are tired of the present Nigeria and so desire restructuring or outright Oduduwa state. After all, Lagos alone has economic resources and population more than 27 African states.

I have noticed that the attack on Igbos Biafra agitation from Yorubas has reduced drastically.

They will not just lead the pack. Again their son is the acting president that can make or mare the West/North relationship.

Buhari appointments and governance style disappointed alot of Yorubas. ...Should anything happen to Buhari before 2019 elections. The Yorubas will need the support of the entire south. Hence the caution.

I remember Seun created an anti Biafra topic and sternly warned that Biafra topics will not be propagated on front page. All bloggers in Nigeria yearn for Biafra oriented news as it will build traffic. Seun is a business man and will not be left behind in trends....

My Opinion is this and I stand to be corrected. Osibanjos presidency is a make or Mar for regional blocks. Time will tell.

Big boys have a way they roll

All things are possible

Naija

Robbers enter a house, asks for all the
money and valuables. After they
collect what they can, they give the
man of the house a gun with
instructions to shoot his wife or else
he be shot himself.
The man gets the gun, points it at his
wife and hesitates. He is thinking of
what he has gone through in life with
his wife and how she has suffered
and sacrificed for him. He hands
back the gun and says, “I am sorry I
can’t do this…
“The boss of the robbers silently
grabs the gun from him and passes it
on to the wife with the same
instruction. The wife gets the gun and
without any single hesitation points
to her husband’s head and pulls the
trigger. But alas, the gun had no
bullets in it. The robbers get their gun
and walk out of the house laughing.
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
1. If you were the man in that house
how would you react towards your
wife?
2. If you were the wife,t what
explanation can you give to your
husband!
3. If you were invited to bring peace
between this couples, what advice
would you give?

Give it to her. She has paid her due.

Started blogging when most Nigerians never saw the business side.

Ok

Investnow2017:
Built2Last. You are the best. You hav answered my questions and cleared my concerns. But one more question. How often are Treasury Bills sold at the bank. Because from your example it is a great safe short to medium term investment now.

Treasury bill happens every 14 days in a month. Twice in a month. Money market is also good investment platform. You need to research on that

Yazmin:
You are right.

13.9% of N10,000,000

For a 91day tenored bill is about N346,000(plus or minus).

Mind you 13% is the annual rate which should be discounted for 91 days to get the effective rate.

My field....

You sabi book small...lol...left banking years back. Run my show in business world but use my financial intelligence well.
All the best

Carmal90:
Ur calculation is wrong 400k can never be 13% of 10 million now

Yea...ma mistake ma typo..using my auto type. ...but it pays more.

Treasury bill pays more at the moment it gives you 13.9% for 90days, 17% for 182 days and 18.2% for 365 days tenor.

Mind you treasury bill pays interest up front. For instance 10million investment for 90 days will give you almost 400k. This you get on the day of the bid and your 10million is returned at the end of the 90days. It's cool money when you have plenty money to invest. Either in the primary or secondary market.

Fixed deposit rate although has a bank rate is largely determined by the branch you entered. The branch will always give you a lower rate because the lesser the interest to you, the more money the branch makes.

The best rate any Nigerian bank will give you on fixed deposit is 12% and that's if you are bringing up to 50million.

Go for treasury bill

How many country come dey dis world

Otu ocha eeeeeee.

Saint Ngige has committed thiefry

Like joke like joke...global acceptance is rising

Media shapes and forms global perception.

Underestimate this move to your own peril

Rossikki:
Err. No. The disunity (as exemplified by the Biafra movement) is based on oil.

Flip your suppositions and see that you are saying Nigeria is one because of oil and division is because of resource control.

Simply put. ..no oil, no Nigeria

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Where is your location in Nigeria

People follow me reason this abeg.

It's two and half years to go.

Hmmmmmm

Do we really practice democracy to celebrate it

Poly Trick shians

Supported

But we need to get our institutions working first. Institutions work in France and that's why Emmanuel Macron will join active politics in 2 years and become a president.

America has just announced their 2018 budget proposition with no drama.... Their president is in middle east while the country is functioning optimally..Nigeria passed 2017 budget last week and we are still arguing who should sign it...Now we all know why things are working there.

Once upon a time in Nigeria we abandoned the British system of governance and headed towards the American system. We dumped Unitary/parliamentary system for presidential system of America with 3 tiers of government. We changed our currency. We even changed from Right hand driving to left hand driving. We copied America in everything but neglected their value for institutional frame work. The difference is clear. The leaders and institutions in American work for the people of America. The leaders and institutions of Nigeria work for whoever is the president of Nigeria. Our constitution overly empowers our presidents. Till this is corrected. We will continue in circles.

President Trump and his administration is under investigation by FBI, The Senate, Dept of justice. DOJ. Now a special prosecutor has joined. What are they investigating? Obstruction of justice, Collusion and International interference in domestic elections and affairs. Can you imagine hearing that EFCC or DSS is investigating a seating president in Nigeria.

Till institutions in Nigeria become truly independent. Nigeria will never develop.

Ok

Like joke this religion will start growing in the east.

Judaism is an eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth. Not Christianity that gives restraints on killing.

Abeg what weed do these people smoke when they make these bogus and ambitious statements.